Queries for museum-l and caah readers:

Is it a standard feature of auction house and art gallery contracts with
sellers and artists to reserve the right (whenever possible) to use
illustrations of works in catalogues and advertising to promote their sale,
and, later, after the sale, to promote the auction house and gallery?

If a work is being sold by someone who does not own the right to reproduce
the work, is there any provision in law or custom that permits the
reproduction of the work for purposes of sale without the permission of the
copyright owner? For example, if I were to offer my Picasso for sale (this
is hypothetical, remember) could the Picasso heirs refuse permission to
allow the work to be illustrated in advertisements and sales catalogues?

(This is a topic that came up on the cni-copyright list.)

Thank you for your responses.

Robert A. Baron
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(I'm cross posting this note to CAAH and MUSEUM-L; please excuse any
duplication.)